Mari-France Dubreiul and Patrice Lauzon – the coaches of tho best ice dance teams in the moment Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir and Gabriella Papadakis/Gillaume Cizeron are expected in Sofia for figure skating Junior Worlds. Their team Marjorie Lajoie/Zachary Lagha was chosen to represent Canada in Sofia. Usually Lauzon travels with junior teams. Mari-France will lead our ice dance team Teodora Markova/Simon Daze at the Europeans this week.
OLYMPICS
Ice Dance
Tessa Virtue (London, Ont.), Scott Moir (Ilderton, Ont.)
Piper Gilles (Toronto), Paul Poirier (Unionville, Ont.)
Kaitlyn Weaver (Toronto), Andrew Poje (Waterloo, Ont.)
Pairs
Meagan Duhamel (Lively, Ont.), Eric Radford (Balmertown, Ont.)
Julianne Seguin (Longueuil, Que.), Charlie Bilodeau (Trois-Pistoles, Que.)
Kirsten Moore-Towers (St. Catharines, Ont.), Michael Marinaro (Sarnia, Ont.)
Womens
Gabrielle Daleman (Newmarket, Ont.)
Kaetlyn Osmond (Marystown, N.L.)
Larkyn Austman (Coquitlam, B.C.)
Mens
Patrick Chan (Toronto)
Keegan Messing (Sherwood Park, Alta.)
2018 ISU WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Milan, Italy – March 19-25, 2018
MEN
Patrick Chan, Keegan Messing
Alternates – Nam Nguyen, Elladj Balde, Kevin Reynolds
WOMEN
Larkyn Austman, Gabrielle Daleman, Kaetlyn Osmond
Alternates – Alaine Chartrand, Michelle Long, Alicia Pineault
PAIR
Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford, Kirsten Moore-Towers/Michael Marinaro, Julianne Seguin/Charlie Bilodeau
Alternate – Lubov Ilyushechkina/Dylan Moscovitch, Camille Ruest/Drew Wolfe, Sydney Kolodziej/Maxime Deschamps
ICE DANCE
Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier, Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir, Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje
Alternate – Carolane Soucisse/Shane Firus, Sarah Arnold/Thomas Williams, Haley Sales/Nikolas Wamsteeker
2018 ISU FOUR CONTINENTS FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Taipei City, Chinese Taipei – January 22-27, 2018
MEN
Elladj Balde, Nam Nguyen, Kevin Reynolds
Alternates – Roman Sadovsky, Liam Firus, Nicolas Nadeau
WOMEN
Alaine Chartrand, Michelle Long, Alicia Pineault
Alternates– Sarah Tamura, Emy Decelles
PAIR
Lubov Ilyushechkina/Dylan Moscovitch, Sydney Kolodziej/Maxime Deschamps, Camille Ruest/Drew Wolfe
ICE DANCE
Sarah Arnold/Thomas Williams, Haley Sales/Nikolas Wamsteeker, Carolane Soucisse/Shane Firus
Alternate – Molly Lanaghan/Dmitre Razgulajevs
2018 ISU JUNIOR WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Sofia, Bulgaria – March 5-11, 2018
MEN
Conrad Orzel, Joseph Phan
Alternates – Corey Circelli, Eric Liu
WOMEN
Aurora Cotop
Alternates – Alison Schumacher, Olivia Gran
PAIR
Lori-Ann Matte/Thierry Ferland, Evelyn Walsh/Trennt Michaud
Alternates – Gabrielle Levesque/Pier-Alexandre Hudon, Chloe Choinard/Mathieu Ostiguy, Chloe Panetta/Steven Lapointe
ICE DANCE
Marjorie Lajoie/Zachary Lagha, Olivia McIsaac/Elliott Graham
Alternates – Ashlynne Stairs/Lee Royer, Ellie Fisher/Simon-Pierre Malette-Paquette